diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3368306..c33baae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[0.2.9]
+
+- create first chat with member by id = 1 if empty smembers chats_by_author/author_id
+
 [0.2.8]
 - sse removed to presence service
 - bugfixes
diff --git a/resolvers/load.py b/resolvers/load.py
index 51f26a3..29c29f2 100644
--- a/resolvers/load.py
+++ b/resolvers/load.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async def load_chats(_, info, limit: int = 50, offset: int = 0):
     members_online = (await redis.execute("SMEMBERS", "authors-online")) or []
     chats = []
     if len(cids) == 0:
-        r = await create_chat(None, info, members=[1, int(author_id)])
+        r = await create_chat(None, info, members=[1])  # member with id = 1 is discours
         cids.append(r["chat"]["id"])
     with local_session() as session:
         for cid in cids: